ingrassare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- + grasso + -are Compare French engraisser, Dalmatian engrassur, Spanish engrasar, Romanian îngrășa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ingrassàre (first-person singular present ingràsso, first-person singular past historic ingrassài, past participle ingrassàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to fatten, to lard
- (transitive) to oil or lubricate
- Antonym: sgrassare
- (transitive, agriculture) to fertilize (soil)
- Synonym: concimare
- (intransitive) to get fat, to gain weight [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to get rich [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ingrassàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
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- Italian terms prefixed with in-
- Italian terms suffixed with -are
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables
- Italian terms with audio pronunciation
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
- it:Agriculture
- Italian intransitive verbs